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• ICE Said Agents Can Enter Homes Without Judicial Warrant, Group Claims

  22-01-2026 04:35 via nytimes.com
  A whistle-blower group said a memo apparently signed by the leader of Immigration and Customs Enforcement violated constitutional protections against unreasonable search and seizure.
  
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• Trump’s Rift With Europe Is Clear. Europe Must Decide What to Do About It.

  22-01-2026 04:00 via nytimes.com
  After President Trump aired his disdain for Europe, its leaders will gather in Brussels Thursday to take stock of what comes next.
  
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• Here’s a Look at Everything (and Everyone) Trump Targeted at Davos

  22-01-2026 02:45 via nytimes.com
  President Trump’s verbal broadsides drew gasps and nervous laughter at the annual gathering of political and business leaders.
  
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• Trump Drops Tariff Threats Over Greenland After Meeting With NATO Chief

  22-01-2026 02:23 via nytimes.com
  President Trump’s announcement appeared to draw the United States back from the possibility of military and economic conflict with American allies over Greenland.
  
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• At Davos, a Clash Between Trump’s World and the Old World

  22-01-2026 01:29 via nytimes.com
  For decades, leaders have gathered in Davos to discuss a shared economic and political future. On Wednesday, President Trump turned the forum into a bracing clash between his worldview and theirs.
  
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• Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ Would Have Global Scope but One Man in Charge

  22-01-2026 01:24 via nytimes.com
  The initiative is the latest example of the president dismantling the post-World War II international system and building a new one, with himself at the center.
  
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• T.S.A. Leader Defends Working With ICE to Congress

  22-01-2026 00:51 via nytimes.com
  At an oversight hearing, Democratic lawmakers peppered the agency’s acting director over the Transportation Security Administration’s role in Trump’s immigration crackdown.
  
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• Supreme Court Hearing Reveals Unease Over Threats to Fed Independence

  22-01-2026 00:14 via nytimes.com
  As the justices weighed the consequences of allowing President Trump to fire a Federal Reserve official, the president reprised his pressure campaign on the central bank.
  
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• Trump Confuses Iceland and Greenland in Davos Remarks

  22-01-2026 00:04 via nytimes.com
  “Our stock market took the first dip yesterday because of Iceland,” the president said, referring to market shifts related to his repeated threats to seize Greenland. “So Iceland’s already cost us a lot of money.”
  
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• Inside the Push to Protect Candidates From Political Violence Ahead of 2026 Elections

  22-01-2026 00:04 via nytimes.com
  Two leaders of a political security group talked about what they’re seeing and hearing.
  
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• RFK Jr., Kicking Off National Tour, Says He’s Not Running for President

  21-01-2026 23:47 via nytimes.com
  Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. rallied supporters at the Pennsylvania State Capitol, where he promoted his new dietary guidelines.
  
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• House Panel Votes to Hold Clintons in Contempt in Epstein Inquiry

  21-01-2026 23:35 via nytimes.com
  The votes by the Oversight panel were bipartisan, though many Democrats said the charges were extreme given Bill and Hillary Clinton’s willingness to answer questions.
  
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• U.S. Starts Moving ISIS Detainees From Syria to Iraq

  21-01-2026 23:11 via nytimes.com
  The U.S. military said it had transferred 150 Islamic State detainees from northeastern Syria to Iraq and could eventually move as many as 7,000, as the Syrian government assumes control of the region from Kurdish-led forces.
  
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• Military Police Troops Put on Alert for Possible Deployment to Minnesota

  21-01-2026 22:49 via nytimes.com
  The move was described as precautionary in the event that President Trump invokes the Insurrection Act in response to protests.
  
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• 4 Takeaways from Supreme Court Hearing on Trump’s Firing of Lisa Cook

  21-01-2026 22:45 via nytimes.com
  The justices were alert to the central bank’s crucial role and wary of issuing a broad ruling based on rushed briefing and incomplete information.
  
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• Trump Administration Starts Immigration Operation in Maine

  21-01-2026 22:17 via nytimes.com
  A similar operation that unfolded in Minnesota became a flashpoint between protesters and immigration authorities.
  
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• Supreme Court Seems Poised to Reject Trump’s Attempt to Immediately Fire a Fed Governor

  21-01-2026 22:13 via nytimes.com
  During arguments, key justices appeared concerned that the president’s efforts to oust Lisa Cook could imperil the central bank’s independence.
  
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• Newsom Says Trump Team Barred Him From U.S. Pavilion at Davos

  21-01-2026 21:08 via nytimes.com
  Gov. Gavin Newsom of California accused the Trump administration of cutting off his access to the American pavilion, where he was scheduled to speak on Wednesday.
  
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• Trump Suggests Switzerland Tariffs Stemmed From Friction With Swiss President

  21-01-2026 21:03 via nytimes.com
  Speaking at the World Economic Forum on Wednesday, Mr. Trump said he raised tariffs on Switzerland last year to among the highest in the world after a phone call with the country’s president.
  
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• Greenland Advises Residents to Have 5 Days of Supplies

  21-01-2026 20:59 via nytimes.com
  The semiautonomous Danish territory issued its guidance as President Trump told European leaders that he wouldn’t send troops to seize it. Greenland said it was responding to power cuts, not geopolitics.
  
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• Rahm Emanuel Calls for Age Limit of 75 for President, Congress and Judges

  21-01-2026 20:55 via nytimes.com
  The former Chicago mayor, who is trying to shape the Democratic Party’s future and might run for president, said that “across all three branches of government, 75 years — you’re out.”
  
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• Did the U.S. Ever Own Greenland? Fact-Checking Trump’s Davos Speech.

  21-01-2026 20:14 via nytimes.com
  The president gave misleading accounts of the U.S. role in Greenland’s history and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, among other claims.
  
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• Trump Calls Out Mark Carney in Davos Speech and Says Canada ‘Should Be Grateful’

  21-01-2026 19:09 via nytimes.com
  “I watched your prime minister yesterday,” the president said in a speech on Wednesday. “He wasn’t so grateful — they should be grateful to us, Canada. Canada lives because of the United States.”
  
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• Tariffs Case Pending as Supreme Court Takes Up 2nd Case With Economic Consequences

  21-01-2026 18:25 via nytimes.com
  The timing of the court’s decision has been the subject of much speculation and anticipation. But now it may not land for at least several more weeks.
  
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• Michele Tafoya Announces Senate Run in Minnesota

  21-01-2026 17:45 via nytimes.com
  Ms. Tafoya, once a sideline reporter for N.F.L. games, has more recently turned her focus to Republican politics. She is seeking an open seat now held by a Democrat.
  
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• Michelle Obama and Gretchen Whitmer Disagree on America’s Readiness for a Female President

  21-01-2026 17:36 via nytimes.com
  As Mrs. Obama defended her remarks from November that the country wasn’t ready for a woman as president, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan offered a different view.
  
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• Trump Tried to Fire Lisa Cook on Social Media. Is That Due Process?

  21-01-2026 16:59 via nytimes.com
  In addition to disputing whether the president had sufficient cause to remove her, the Fed governor said the way he went about it was a separate problem.
  
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• Fed’s Independence in Flux as Supreme Court Weighs Lisa Cook’s Ouster

  21-01-2026 16:46 via nytimes.com
  How the justices rule in the case between President Trump and the Federal Reserve governor will affect the central bank’s ability to set policy without political interference.
  
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• The fate of the Fed may turn on two words: ‘for cause.’

  21-01-2026 16:13 via nytimes.com
  The Supreme Court has said the Federal Reserve Board’s independence warrants protection. President Trump’s effort to fire a member will test that commitment.
  
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• For Trump, the Supreme Court Case Reflects Goal to Remake the Fed

  21-01-2026 15:56 via nytimes.com
  The president has spoken repeatedly of his desire to install a majority of political loyalists on the board of the rate-setting central bank.
  
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• E.U. Delays Mercosur Trade Deal With South America

  21-01-2026 15:49 via nytimes.com
  The move by the European Parliament delays a push by the bloc to find new trading partners, as President Trump has threatened escalating U.S. tariffs.
  
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• What Is Lisa Cook, the Fed Governor, Accused of Doing?

  21-01-2026 15:35 via nytimes.com
  The Trump administration has accused Lisa D. Cook, a Fed governor, of engaging in mortgage fraud, but financial documents cast doubt on the claims.
  
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• Greenland Shouldn’t Overshadow Ukraine, NATO Chief Says

  21-01-2026 15:35 via nytimes.com
  Helping Ukraine defend against Russian aggression should be Europe’s “No. 1 priority,” Mark Rutte, the secretary general of NATO, said in Davos.
  
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• Trump’s retribution efforts have struggled with mortgage cases.

  21-01-2026 15:22 via nytimes.com
  The sputtering push to bring charges against Letitia James, the New York attorney general, underscores the challenges the administration has faced in accusing her of mortgage fraud.
  
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• A Brief From Every Living Former Fed Chair Could Sway the Justices

  21-01-2026 15:11 via nytimes.com
  The filing, also signed by six former Treasury secretaries, said that letting President Trump fire Lisa Cook would deal a blow to the credibility of the nation’s monetary policy.
  
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• Investigations and a Billion-Dollar ‘Shakedown’: How Trump Targeted Higher Education

  21-01-2026 14:29 via nytimes.com
  Donald J. Trump has unleashed the power of the presidency against American colleges, with mixed results.
  
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• How ‘Wine Moms’ Became an Insult for Anti-ICE Protesters

  21-01-2026 11:03 via nytimes.com
  The insult wielded against protesters taps into a long tradition of casting wine drinkers as out-of-touch elitists.
  
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• At Yosemite National Park, Staffing Cuts Mean Visitors Have Gone Wild

  20-01-2026 02:15 via nytimes.com
  After the Trump administration’s cuts, workers at the national park are spread too thin to stop people from littering, flying drones and cliff-diving.
  
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• Nome, Alaska Is Now Key to Trump’s Global Ambitions

  20-01-2026 02:13 via nytimes.com
  Nome, population 3,700, is accessible only by plane outside a few months when boats can pass through. But it will be the home of the nation’s only deepwater Arctic port.
  
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• Pastor Travis Johnson Credits Trump for Reviving Evangelicalism

  20-01-2026 02:12 via nytimes.com
  The president has given a new class of evangelists direct access to the White House. In return, many support him without question.
  
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• Trump’s Cuts to the C.D.C. Also Hurt Atlanta

  20-01-2026 02:05 via nytimes.com
  The earnest government disease fighter had become a kind of city archetype, alongside aspiring rappers and C-suite strivers. Now scientists are leaving.
  
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• Judge Allows Policy Restricting Lawmakers’ Access to ICE Facilities

  20-01-2026 02:04 via nytimes.com
  The decision permitted the Trump administration to continue restricting inspections of the conditions inside immigration detention compounds.
  
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• Protest at Minnesota Church Service Adds to Tensions Over ICE Tactics

  20-01-2026 01:57 via nytimes.com
  The Justice Department said it would investigate the protest over a pastor’s apparent role in immigration enforcement in the state.
  
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• Indiana Judge and His Wife Are Shot at Their Suburban Home

  20-01-2026 01:38 via nytimes.com
  The police in Lafayette, Ind., said they were investigating the nonfatal shootings of a Tippecanoe County Superior Court judge and his wife on Sunday.
  
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• How Trump Made Life Difficult for International Students and Wisconsin

  20-01-2026 01:38 via nytimes.com
  Last fall, the number of new international undergraduates fell by 25 percent compared to the previous year. That drop poses financial and competitive challenges.
  
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• Trump Is Pushing the U.S.-Europe Alliance to the Brink Over Greenland

  20-01-2026 01:18 via nytimes.com
  As President Trump tries to coerce European leaders over Greenland, they are pondering the unthinkable: Is an 80-year-old alliance doomed?
  
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• Treatment for Transgender Teens in Colorado Begin to Disappear Under Trump

  20-01-2026 01:11 via nytimes.com
  The Trump administration has used an array of pressure tactics to try to end treatments for minors, even in states that want to keep them.
  
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• Twin Falls, Idaho Has New Residents: 37 Afrikaners

  20-01-2026 01:10 via nytimes.com
  Twin Falls and its dairy industry have benefited from an influx of refugees from places like Bosnia, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Myanmar. That era is over.
  
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• Before Trump, Greensboro, Vermont Was a Foodie Mecca for Canadians

  20-01-2026 00:58 via nytimes.com
  Greensboro’s economy depended on friendly relations with Canada. But after tariffs and threats to make the country the “51st state,” neighborly ties have frayed.
  
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• European Allies Mull Retaliation Over Trump’s Greenland Threats

  20-01-2026 00:43 via nytimes.com
  Britain’s prime minister, alarmed by President Trump’s comments,said his country “must stand up for its values” after Mr. Trump threatened a new tariff war over acquiring the island.
  
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